Ryan Hall is a remarkable BJJ practitioner with a list of achievements longer then his legs. The lanky BJJ’er owns one of the most exciting games in the business and has proved this at numerous events with and without the gi throughout the world. In this Ryan Hall Triangle DVD Instructional he shows one of his primary weapons.

Ryan Hall Triangle Instructional

The Highs

Ryan is an incredible coach. Much like “Cyborg” Abreu on his Tornado Guard instructional, Hall takes alot of his time explaining the positions to maximum detail. He starts off the 2nd DVD with a very interesting lecture on how to break your opponent’s posture and the use of angles, with some unique and insightful points worthwhile to both the experienced and beginner. All 3 DVD’s have triangle techniques and concepts which are an added bonus to anyone’s game, but the thing that shines through the most in this instructional is Ryan Hall’s ability to get this fantastic message across. He is a gifted coach, and for all those who have English as their mother tongue, it is an added bonus not to have anything slip away in the translation.

The Lows

This website is all about BJJ, and this DVD is not. It is about Nogi (submission wrestling), though you can lay your heart to rest, many of Ryan Hall’s Nogi concepts and ideas can be adapted to Kimono work (but not all). Another bummer regarding this DVD is that according to “my sources” the original 4 disc Triangle set had more material to it, which is a bit anoying.

The Verdict

This is a very good BJJ instructional by all accounts. Yes, this is all about the triangle and unlike many other DVD’s it does not run through a wide variety of positions. But that does not necessarily work against it, in my opinion it actually increases it’s value. There is enough material here to cover a wide spectrum of Brazilian Jiu Jitsu practitioners, from beginners to advanced, and I feel this is a great opportunity of adding something of value to your BJJ instructional collection. Top of the shelf material!